ExxonMobil Is A Buy - Just Not Yet

By Dividend Growth Machine:Dividend growth investing is the strategy of building a sustainable and growing dividend income stream by investing in the stocks of companies that regularly increase their dividends. A core aspect of the strategy is that it takes advantage of the power of compounding over time, accelerating the long-term growth of dividend income.

ByRyan Schroeder:I have read a few articles recently on whether or not automatically re-investing dividends is the right thing to do. There have been well-written articles on both sides of the argument that have covered the pros and cons of reinvesting vs. pooling dividends.

By David Zanoni:Speculating in risky stocks with too much money will typically lead to losses over time. Investors would be better off focusing on investments in companies that are consistent in growing revenue and earnings and those that increase dividends consistently. Participating in dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPS) in these types of stocks can accomplish significant wealth building over the long-term without the worry of market fluctuations and other short-term worries.

Dobromir Stoyanov submits:As a dividend growth investor you would find that over time some stocks tend to fall off your radar and no longer fit the rising income stream criteria that you purchased them for in the first place. Thus it is important to monitor your portfolio on a regular basis and place such stocks on your sell radar.

Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits: Contrarian Buy-recommended ExxonMobil (XOM) may be on a new upswing after stock price declined earlier this month by 41% compared to its high in May 2008.

Paul Price submits:Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is an independent agency brokerage and financial technology firm. ITG partners with asset managers work to deliver global liquidity, while improving absolute performance throughout the investment process. US operations provide trade execution, trade order management, network connectivity and research services to institutional investors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers. Canadian operations provide trade execution, network connectivity and research services.

Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits: Current trends point to rewarding investment in natural gas and oil. We believe that positive trends can continue for the decade subject to interruption in some years. Large cap buy recommendations are balanced among five groups with global representation from the U.S., Europe, Canada, China, Russia, Brazil and Australia.